Inspirational Quotes & Positive Life Messages

Mahatma Gandhi Quotes of Wisdom - Top 10

Quotes of wisdom by Mohandas Gandhi, referred popularly as the Mahatma (the great soul). He was an architect of the Indian independence movement from British colonial rule and practiced Ahimsa a form of non violent civil disobedience. He is widely regarded as a highly influential figure and inspired the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. (the American civil rights activist)
  • An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Be the change you want to see in the world.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil

    ~ Gandhi
  • Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

    ~ Gandhi
  • First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

    ~ Gandhi
  • I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

    ~ Gandhi
  • It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Peace is its own reward.

    ~ Gandhi
  • The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

    ~ Gandhi
  • The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

    ~ Gandhi
  • The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles

    ~ Gandhi
  • The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

    ~ Gandhi
  • There is more to life than increasing its speed.

    ~ Gandhi
  • There is no god higher than truth.

    ~ Gandhi
  • There is no road towards peace; peace is the road

    ~ Gandhi
  • They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

    ~ Gandhi
  • We must be the change we want to see.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Where there is love there is life.

    ~ Gandhi
  • You must be the change you wish to see in the world

    ~ Gandhi
  • You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

    ~ Gandhi
  • Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.

    ~ Gandhi